Barriers to the implementation of sustainable structural materials in green buildings

Structures and Architecture - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Structures and Architecture, ICSA 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 1349-1357

  Griffin, C T ^a   Knowles, C ^b   Theodoropoulos, C ^c   Allen, J H ^a  

^a PORTLAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OREGON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS TOOLS; BUILDING DESIGN; ECONOMIC INFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE; EXPERT OPINION; FOCUS GROUPS; GREEN BUILDINGS; GREEN MATERIALS; IN-PHASE; INTEGRATED DESIGNS; PHASE I; PHASE II; RATING SYSTEM; RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS; SUSTAINABLE MATERIALS;

ARCHITECTURE; DESIGN; FORESTRY; RESEARCH; SURVEYS;

MATERIALS;

EID: 84856660503     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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